Sampling Of 57 Colors

[plistumi]

I just spent this cold winter Sunday (some people argue it is spring in the Northeast, haha), practicing some calligraphy. I decided to take all of the samples and inks that I won and swab and write with them. There are five rows of eleven inks, plus three blacks on the side. I wrote the names of the inks in black, but my writing is very small and might be hard to read so here are the inks: The blacks are Noodler's American Eel Black, Noodler's Bulletproof Black, and Aurora Black. The rest of the inks are as follows:

Column One

01) Diamine Sunshine Yellow

02) J Herbin Scented Yellow

03) Diamin Orange

04) Noodler's Dragon Napalm

05) Noodler's Habanero

06) J Herbin Orange Indien

07) Private Reserve Orange Crush

08) Private Reserve Copper Burst

09) Diamine Burnt Sienna

10) J Herbin Café des Iles

11) Waterman Havana Brown

Column Two

12) J Herbin Lie de Thé

13) Diamine Chocolate Brown

14) Noodler's Brown #41

15) Diamine Kelly Green

16) J Herbin Vert Pré

17) Rohrer & Kungner Alt Godgrun

18) J Herbin Scented Green

19) Private Reserve Avacado

20) J Herbin Lierre Sauvage

21) Diamine Umber 22) Private Reserve Sherwood Green

 

Column Three

23) Diamine Hope Pink

24) J Herbin Rose Cyclamen

25) J Herbin Scented Red

26) Sheaffer Red

27) Noodler's Rattler Red

28) J Herbin 1670 Red

29) J Herbin Rose Tendresse

30) Diamine Scarlet

31) Diamine Hope Pink (repeat, oops)

32) Diamine Claret

33) Noodler's Rose Shah

 

Column Four

34) Noodler's Ottoman Rose

35) Diamine Amaranth

36) Private Reserve Burgundy Mist

37) Binder Burgundy

38) Noodler's Red Black

39) Private Reserve Black Cherry

40) Noodler's Black Swan Australian Roses

41) Noodler's Navajo Turquoise

42) Pelikan Turquoise

43) Private Reserve Naples Blue

44) Diamine Turquoise

 

Column Five

45) J Herbin Bleu Pervenche

46) Noodler's Bernanke Blue

47) Aurora Blue

48) J Herbin Scented Blue

49) Waterman Florida Blue

50) Private Reserve DC Supershow Blue

51) Noodler's Violet Vote

52) J Herbin Scented Purple

53) Pelikan 4001 Purple

54) Waterman Purple

55) Private Reserve Tanzanite

[jgrasty]

Impressive work, thanks!

[CatBookMom]

Well done indeed!! Lovely rainbow you've made. Thanks for the eye candy!

[ClassicHippie]

Wow! That's impressive

[SamCapote]

That's awsome! So great to see so many together like that!

[Alohamora]

Awesome! Thank you for sharing that.

[notgiven]

Amazing! Thank you for swatching these samples!

[Alieanor]

What a lovely way to do ink scans! Thanks for doing that.

 

Can I ask how long it took to get through all your inks?

[JonSzanto]

Well done - you get a badge!

 

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[lizncats]

Wow! Thank you so much - lovely collection, by the way.

[plistumi]

I do not quite remember but it was sometime around 2-3 hours in more than one sitting.

It was fun.

 

What a lovely way to do ink scans! Thanks for doing that.

 

Can I ask how long it took to get through all your inks?

[SamCapote]

I have looked at this at least 15-20 times!

[PAKMAN]

Wow, I missed this when you posted it. This is great!

[saskia_madding]

I look at this image a lot too, partially for the beautiful colours but also for your gorgeous penmanship.

[amberleadavis]

Normally, I would not resurrect a post quite this old - but I need to find a specific color swatch. I love these sort of helpful posts. Thanks again. We miss your dictionary posts.

[inkstainedruth]

How did I ever miss this thread before?

I do have one question -- any recollections as to whether the PR Tanzanite the regular stuff or the Fast Dry version? Thanks.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[plistumi]

It was the regular Tanzanite.

[plistumi]

Amberlea, I promise I will be back with the dictionary posts. I burned out, so I needed a recharge. July is tomorrow. Sounds like a good time to begin. I will try. No promises, for tomorrow, though.

[amberleadavis]

Amberlea, I promise I will be back with the dictionary posts. I burned out, so I needed a recharge. July is tomorrow. Sounds like a good time to begin. I will try. No promises, for tomorrow, though.

 

Well, we do appreciate you around here.

 

I'm sure it has taken some time for you to morn after the horrible murder of your snowman. Was the culprit ever apprehended? Were any ink or pens recovered?

 

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[disillusion]

Wow great work! Thanks for the time and effort you put in! I know it is from a while ago, but did you do anything to the inks or paper so that it took the flex writing so well? What nib did you use (I assume it was a dip pen)?

My own experience with using a Tachikawa G nib on various decent papers (Clairefontaine, Kokuyo, Apica, Rhodia) seems to suggest that it is quite temperamental - the same ink/paper combo would behave differently depending on how I load the pen and put it to paper.

Thank you!